Shoko Fujimori was born in Hokkaido in 1986. Received B.F.A in oil painting from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2011. She is a remarkable emerging artist who achieved a prize at The 10th Gunma Biennale for Young Artists.

" I want to represent the figure that experience and feelings were reflected by the body of living things", Fujimori says. The surface of the body of living things which Fujimori represents is sometimes damaged and discolored remarkably, or covered like a chimera by plants and creatures. However, they are not tied with an image of the death and the fantasy easily. Rather it sympathizes with our imperfect and one and only body, therefore they close up to us despite of curious appearance.

This is her first solo exhibition at Gallery Jin Projects, and about 10 paintings will be exhibited.

Artist's statement
I have represented internal voice and desire come from emotions with physical detail. Inconsistency to lie between reason and feelings, absurdity. In my works, I have made much of the viewpoint of feelings, and represented the irritating thought that cannot be satisfied only at the theoretical viewpoint.

I think grope for relationship with others is equal to thinking about "SEI—life—". It is impossible to live without relationship with others.　We cannot but interact with others using physical strength and mental strength. Even if I am negative even if feelings to be born there are positive, it is nothing to do with an essential thing.

Also, I make much of "SEI -sex-" in my works；physical and skin details, fetishism to the figurative art, feminine jealousy or fixation, and eroticism from such feminine elements. I emphasize these "SEI" at present.

FUJIMORI Shoko
1986 Born in Hokkaido, Japan
2011 Received B.F.A in oil painting from Tokyo University of the Arts
studying in master’s program at Tokyo University of the Arts

Solo Exhibitions
2009 " Shoko Fujimori Exhibition " Gallery Ginza Forest, Tokyo
2010 " Shoko Fujimori Exhibition " Gallery Ginza Forest, Tokyo
2011 Gallery Jin Projects, Tokyo（upcoming）

Group Exhibitions
2006 " Tokyo Wonder Wall2006 " Museum of Tokyo Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
2007 " via art 2007 " Ginza Shinwa Art Museum, Tokyo
2008　 " POP=Exhibition〈Projyected by ART FRONTIER〉" Art Frontier, Tokyo
" Ecole de SHIBUYA ・GEIDAI BUFFE " NHK Gallery MINNA NO HIROBA FUREAI HALL GALLER, Tokyo
" MIFUYUTSUKI Exhibition " Art Frontier, Tokyo
2009 " via art 2009 " Ginza Shinwa Art Museum, Tokyo
2010 " 101OAFTY(101One-Man Art Fair Toyko Yanaka) " Gallery Jin Projects, Tokyo
" Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2010 " The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma
" Tokyo Geidai Trans Weeks " Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo（upcoming）

Awards
2006 Accepted for Tokyo Wonder Wall 2006
2009 Accepted for Tokyo Wonder Seed 2009, Accepted for via art 2009
2010 Accepted for Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2010

* The text provided by Gallery Jin Projects.

Period: April 13 - 30, 2011
Venue: Gallery Jin Projects